We are happy to announce that the winner of the RSDS Photo Competition for August 2020 has been chosen. Congratulations to Alejandro Amaya with his photo “Heroes also need cleaning“!
Alejandro wins a free stay at the RSDS village of his choice. You can view the winning photo, and all the August participants here.
If you would like a chance to win, simply register on our website and upload your photos from our competition page. Each day we choose a 'photo of the day' from the selection of entries. Anyone can register on our website and vote on photos entered into the competition. At the end of the month our Photo Pro and photography workshop leader, Paul ‘Duxy’ Duxfield, looks at the votes and chooses a winner from the highest scoring photos. Full terms and conditions and prize details are available here.
Congratulations again to Alejandro, and good luck to all those participating in 2020!
From Paul Duxfield, our competition judge:
'Well, I know I always complain about this being a difficult choice, but this month there was a load of very strong contenders, and in a couple of cases a couple of great entries from individuals. Both Gennady and Pål came up with a pair of beautiful shots making the overall decisions very hard. Well as taxing as it can be whilst sat here hunched over my keyboard, drinking mulled wine and eating mince pies ;) I shouldn't complain theres much worse tasks to be doing like tidying up the back garden or cleaning the kitchen LOL
In the end though before my decisions are clouded too much by spiced xmas drinks! I have ended up focussing on two stunning macro shots, and there really wasn’t a lot between them to pick one over the other. And they are Irena Coks fantastic shot of a pair of squat lobsters on a fire coral, and the equally beautiful side on portrait of a tiny cleaner fish attending to a yellow butterfly fish. Both of these shots are lovely in their own right, but ultimately it was the simplicity of Alejandro Amayas cleaner fish on the Butterfly that I decided did it for me. Cracking pictures both of them but very well done indeed Alejandro great stuff.'
Duxy has been running escorted photo workshops in Marsa Shagra for the last three years. These workshops are designed for camera users of all experience levels, with any type of underwater camera. Duxy is on hand to share tips and information, troubleshoot individual photography issues, escort early morning and late afternoon dives, and give talks on specific subjects. The 2021 Red Sea Photo Camp with Duxy and Alphamarine Photography will be in Shagra from June 8-19 2021 - full information.
